Environment news
- Hundreds of MPs call on supermarkets to scrap plastic packaging
- 2017 was the hottest year on record without El Niño boost
- Coral reefs ‘at make or break point’, UN environment head says
- EU declares war on plastic waste
- European parliament votes to end electric pulse fishing
- UK green energy investment halves after policy changes
- UK to miss legal climate targets without urgent action, official advisers warn
- European parliament votes to end electric pulse fishing
- BP’s Deepwater Horizon bill tops $65bn
- British supermarket chickens show record levels of antibiotic-resistant superbugs
In depth
- Kenya forest death: activists blame EU for ignoring human rights warnings
- Nearly 1m tonnes every year: supermarkets shamed for plastic packaging
- London ‘put to shame’ by New York fossil fuel divestment
- ‘A rabbit always has to run’: a year on, Spanish rangers fear for lives after double murder
- Bitcoin’s energy usage is huge – we can’t afford to ignore it
Multimedia
- The week in wildlife – in pictures
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March of the Penguins heralds Antarctic protection campaign – in pictures
- Divers discover world’s longest flooded cave – video
And finally ...
In a week when plastic pollution has stayed firmly in the headlines, we look at readers’ tips for tip-free living
